Wojciechy, Bartoszyce County

Wojciechy
Village
Wojciechy
Coordinates: 54°15′41″N 20°40′4″E / 54.26139°N 20.66778°E / 54.26139; 20.66778
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce
Population 548
Website www.wojciechy-city.pl

Wojciechy [vɔi̯ˈt͡ɕexɨ] (German: Albrechtsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Bartoszyce and 84 km (52 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

The village has a population of 548 (February 2011).

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Coordinates: 54°15′41″N 20°40′4″E / 54.26139°N 20.66778°E / 54.26139; 20.66778

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